Authorities investigate death in APD custody

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A multi-agency task force is investigating the death of a man who suffered a medical episode while in Albuquerque police custody.

Police arrested 40-year-old Dyonte Lindsey on Monday. He died Wednesday in the hospital.

APD received a 911 call Monday at around 8:37 p.m. about Lindsey in the middle of I-40 between Coors and Unser. When officers approached him, they allegedly found a knife on him and tried to get him to drop it. When he didn’t and instead walked back toward traffic, an officer deployed his Taser…

Story continues

TRENDING NOW

LATEST LOCAL NEWS